Launcelot Gobbo. Marry, sir, to bid my old master the
Jew to sup to-night with my new master the Christian.
820

Lorenzo. Hold here, take this: tell gentle Jessica
I will not fail her; speak it privately.
Go, gentlemen,
[Exit Launcelot]Will you prepare you for this masque tonight?
825I am provided of a torch-bearer.

Lorenzo. I must needs tell thee all. She hath directed
How I shall take her from her father's house,
835What gold and jewels she is furnish'd with,
What page's suit she hath in readiness.
If e'er the Jew her father come to heaven,
It will be for his gentle daughter's sake:
And never dare misfortune cross her foot,
840Unless she do it under this excuse,
That she is issue to a faithless Jew.
Come, go with me; peruse this as thou goest:
Fair Jessica shall be my torch-bearer.